Remote Sensing Specialists with Expertise in LiDAR, AI, and Ecology

Are you interested in remote sensing and LiDAR and can you contribute to the development of the digital monitoring of nature? Then the Department of Ecoscience invites you to apply for tenure track researcher / senior researcher position.

Expected start date and duration of employment
These are permanent positions from April 1st, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Job description
The Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University is seeking tenure track researchers or senior researchers for positions to undertake research and consultancy within the field of remote sensing and vegetation structure and -mapping with a special focus on LiDAR data. We are seeking a candidate with a background where remote sensing data is applied to biological/ecological purposes, ensuring an understanding of the challenges and potentials associated with using remote sensing to gather knowledge about vegetation and nature. The position will be placed in the Section for Biodiversity.

Responsibilities:

Strengthen the department's analytical and statistical capabilities, with a focus on remote sensing, LiDAR, AI tools, GIS, and spatial modeling.

• Contribute significantly to the department's research and advisory profile on remote sensing, including the development of tools for Digital Nature Monitoring.
• Collaborate with ongoing remote sensing activities and the topic center for terrestrial habitats and species to help build the next generation tools for biodiversity and biodiversity monitoring.

Your profile
We are seeking candidates who possess the following qualifications:

• A PhD degree and an established track record of publications in high-impact, peer-reviewed international journals.
• A broad publication record covering topics such as remote sensing, LiDAR point cloud analysis, GIS applications, and vegetation structure analysis.
• Extensive experience in programming, particularly in Python, R, and GIS. The candidate must have experience with AI and, preferably, experience using deep learning with remote sensing data.
• Significant experience with LiDAR and point cloud calculations. It would be a clear advantage if the applicant also has experience collecting point clouds using drones.
• It would be a great advantage if the candidate has extensive experience with the practical application of remote sensing and LiDAR data for real-life monitoring, especially of vegetation or condition of natural areas. Experience in advising authorities would also be considered positively.
• A certain knowlege of (or willingness to learn) Danish will be an advantage, as the job involves a significant amount of communication with Danish authorities.

Who we are
The Department of Ecoscience is engaged in applied research and advisory work for authorities covering the major biological subdisciplines. We conduct research in the areas of conservation biology and wildlife management, aquatic biology and ecology, and biodiversity. The Department currently employs approximately 275 academic and technical staff, as well as PhD students, distributed at two geographical locations in Aarhus and Roskilde. The Section for Biodiversity is situated in Aarhus and employs about 25 staff members.

For more information on the Department see: http://ecos.au.dk/en/

What we offer

• A well-developed research infrastructure and access to shared technical equipment
• An exciting interdisciplinary environment with many national and international collaborators
• A research climate encouraging lively, open, and critical discussion within and across different fields of research, a workplace characterized by professionalism, equality, and a healthy work-life balance.

Place of work and area of employment
The place of work is Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University, C.F. Møllers Allé 8, bld. 1110, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

Contact information
For further information, please contact:Head of Section, Beate Strandberg +45 30183151 ([email protected]) or Senior Researcher Jesper Moeslund +4523227111([email protected])

Deadline
Applications must be received no later than February, 3rd 2025

Ensuring gender balance at the Department of Ecoscience is a high priority at Aarhus University, and therefore, we particularly encourage women to apply for this position. No candidate will be given preferential treatment, and all applicants will be assessed on the basis of their qualifications for the position in question.

Technical Sciences Tenure Track
Aarhus University offers talented scientists from around the world attractive career perspectives via the Technical Sciences Tenure Track Programme. Highly qualified candidates are appointed as Researcher for a period of six years with the prospect of performance- based advancement to a tenured position as Senior Researcher.

The aim of the Technical Sciences Tenure Track Programme is to:

• attract outstanding talented individuals that are competitive at an international level
• to promote the early development of independent research success early in the career of scientists
• to create transparency in the academic career path

As part of the tenure track position, the candidate is offered:

• access to research infrastructure
• capability development, including postgraduate teacher training
• a mentoring programme
• support to develop scientific networks and to secure interdisciplinary research at the highest level

As part of the Aarhus University Tenure Track Programme, the University carries out a mid-way evaluation to review the progress of the tenure track candidate after three years, according to the same criteria used in the final tenure review. The final tenure review is conducted after five and a half years. If the review is positive, the candidate will be offered a tenured position as Senior Researcher at Aarhus University.

Please refer to the tenure track guidelines for the tenure review criteria and for the tenure review process.

Application procedure
Shortlisting is used. This means that after the deadline for applications – and with the assistance from the assessment committee chairman, and the assessment committee if necessary, – the head of department selects the candidates to be evaluated. The selection is made on the basis of an assessment of who of the candidates are most relevant considering the requirements of the advertisement. All applicants will be notified within 6 weeks whether or not their applications have been sent to an expert assessment committee for evaluation. The selected applicants will be informed about the composition of the committee and will receive his/her assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed a final letter of rejection is sent to the deselected applicants.

Letter of reference
If you want a referee to upload a letter of reference on your behalf, please state the referee’s contact information when you submit your application. We strongly recommend that you make an agreement with the person in question before you enter the referee’s contact information, and that you ensure that the referee has enough time to write the letter of reference before the application deadline.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to ensure that letters of reference received after the application deadline will be taken into consideration.

Formalities and salary range
Technical Sciences refers to the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Danish Universities under the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
The application must be in English and include a curriculum vitae, degree certificate, a complete list of publications, a statement of future research plans and information about research activities, teaching portfolio and verified information on previous teaching experience (if any). Guidelines for applicants can be found here.

Appointment shall be in accordance with the collective labour agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. Further information on qualification requirements and job content may be found in the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities.

Salary depends on seniority as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Associations.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

Research activities will be evaluated in relation to actual research time. Thus, we encourage applicants to specify periods of leave without research activities, in order to be able to subtract these periods from the span of the scientific career during the evaluation of scientific productivity.

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Read more here. Please find more information about entering and working in Denmark here.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website

Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

Department: Biodiversitet/Biodiversity and Conservation

Deadline: 03 February 2025

Location: Aarhus C C.F. Møllers Allé 8